Kenosha man sentenced to 2 months in jail after charged with setting his parents' yacht on fire

KENOSHA, Wis. (CBS 58) -- A Kenosha man has been sentenced to two months in jail after he was charged with setting his parents' yacht on fire last year.

Twenty-eight-year-old Kenneth Koger was charged with two felony counts: arson of property and criminal damage to property. 

According to a criminal complaint, investigators responded to Reefpoint Marina in Racine on Friday, Oct. 20 and found a yacht severely damaged with "substantial burn and char marks," rendering the vessel a total loss. The boat was previously valued at about $90,000.

The dock the boat was resting on, which was property of the marina, was also "substantially damaged" and partially sinking into the water as a result. The complaint said the approximate cost of repair was estimated at several thousand dollars. 

Officials spoke with the owners of the yacht, who stated that their son, later identified as Koger, had previously started two other fires of family property. 

When questioned by authorities, Koger initially told them that he fell asleep on the boat and woke up to flames, so he ran to his vehicle. Prosecutors said he later changed his statement, admitting that he bought an orange lighter and a gasoline can at a gas station and started the fire on his parents' boat. 

He told investigators he was upset with his family for getting him chaptered during his last arson incident and said that he "thinks this sent a message to his parents."

Koger was granted Huber for work and treatment.